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,E. A. BELLOW.

HINGE.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. I919.

PatepteflAug.12,1919.,

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

EDWARD ARMSTRONG BELLOW, 0F CODSALL, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO KYNOCH, LIMITED, OF WITTON, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, A COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented An. 12, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ARMSTRONG BELLOW, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at High Elms, Codsall, in the county of Stalford, England, ironmonger, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinges of the type which are particularly applicable to out-door work, the improvements comprising a form of hinge entirely of wire, and which is particularly adapted to obviate any rusting up or binding from weather efl'ects. In order that this invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice, reference may be had to the appended explanatory sheet of drawings, upon which Figure 1 illustrates in elevation a hinge constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates in plan the hinge shown in Fig. 1, and indicates its position in relation to two relatively hinged parts.

In a. convenient embodiment of this invention, the one part of the hing is shaped substantially to the form of a wire staple a, the sides I) of the staple being advantageously slightly inclined toward each other and curled at their ends to form eyes 0 for receiving the fixing screws. The transverse part of the staple is adapted to form the pivot of the hinge. The other part of the hinge is also shaped to the form of a wire staple having the ends of its side parts cl bent to form eyes 6 for the fixing screws, the side parts of the staple being curled or bent around the transverse part of the other element a of the hinge, such bending over or curling being eflected until the transverse part 7 is in proximity to the plane containing the side parts d of the staple forming this second part of the hinge.

It will be observed upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, that the arms 01 of wire, the arms (Z may be readily moved or sprung toward each other at their outer ends, to cause the space between the eyes 0 to exactly equal the space between the eyes 6.

As shown in Fig. 2, the arms Z) are slightly bent outwardly from the main plane of the hinge section. in order that the pivot a may be encircled by the arms (Z when the hinge sections are co-planar.

The wire from which the hinges are formed is advantageously of circular crosssection, but the eyes and bearing parts of the hinge may if desired be flattened in a press so as to have a flat bearing against the surface to which the hinge is fixed, and at the same time reduce the amount ofthe projection of the hinge.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A hinge comprising a pair of substantially U-shaped sections, each made of a single piece of wire, the bight portions of said sections being pivotally connected together and the arms of said sections having eyes at their outer ends, the arms of one section being parallel and the arms of the other section converging outwardly so that the space between the eyes of one section is approximately equal to the space between the eyes of the other section.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD ARMSTRONG BELLDW.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. Brown, EDGAR N. WHEELER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I G. 

